Where did football originate?

At the beginning of 2004, FIFA confirmed that football originated in China, and cuju was the earliest recorded football activity. The Warring States Policy and Historical Records are the earliest records of Cuju. The former describes that Cuju was popular in Linzi, the capital of Qi State, more than 2,300 years ago in the Spring and Autumn Period, while the latter records that Cuju was a way to train soldiers and assess their physical fitness at that time ("It is also a good way to practice samurai, so we know how to do it").

The process of confirming the origin of football;

Football is the most magical sport in the world today, and it is also recognized as the biggest sport in the world. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 800,000 teams that regularly participate in competitions around the world, and there are about 40 million registered athletes, including about 65,438+10,000 professional athletes. There are 800 million football fans in the world, and the number of people watching during the World Cup is 2 billion. The number of people engaged in the football industry in the world is 654.38 billion.

Football is an ancient sports activity with a long history. Modern football originated in Britain, from Britain to Europe, from Europe to the world-modern football has become the most popular sport in the world, the world's first sport! Football originated from Cuju, an ancient ball game in China, and later spread to Europe through Arabs, and developed into modern football. Therefore, the hometown of football is China.

1958 in July, Dr. Havelange, former president of FIFA, came to China and said that football originated in China.

1985, at the opening ceremony of the first "Koda Cup" World Youth Football Championship held in China, Mr. Havelange, then president of FIFA, said in his speech that football originated here with a history of more than 2,000 years, which is indisputable. Blatter, then director of FIFA's technical committee, said that football originated in China and later spread to the west through war.

200 1 FIFA president Blatter once again emphasized that "football originated in China" in his report on the development history of international football at the Coach training course organized by the Asian Football Association.

On March 6th, 2002, Pele visited China. Entrusted by China Tourism Administration, Professor Liu Bingguo, a sports historian of Xuzhou Normal University, arranged a cuju performance in Han Dynasty for Mr. Bailey at the foot of the Great Wall, which aroused great interest of Mr. Bailey. On-site performance with Mr. milutinovic, former head coach of China Football Team.

On February 4, 2004, Jerome Champagne, Deputy Secretary-General of FIFA, officially announced at a press conference held in London: "Although many countries think that they are the birthplace of football, historians show with conclusive evidence that football originated from Cuju in China." On May 8, 2004, FIFA President Blatter went to Kuala Lumpur to attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of AFC. When meeting with the delegation from China, he made it clear that after expert research, football originated in China, and awarded the symbolic trophy of "Football originated in China" to the China Football Association. At the same time, he hopes to use the 2004 China Asian Cup to promote this concept.

On May 8, 2004, FIFA President Blatter made it clear that football originated from ancient cuju in China. On July 15, 2004, velappan, Secretary-General of AFC, on behalf of FIFA and AFC, officially announced that China was the origin of football at the press conference held after the opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Football Expo.

On July 15, 2004, at the opening ceremony of the 3rd China International Football Expo, FIFA President Blatter visited Linzi exhibition area and signed an antique cuju as a souvenir.

On May 20th, 2005, at the closing ceremony of FIFA Centennial Celebration held in Zurich, Switzerland, FIFA President Blatter presented the "Certificate of Football Origin" to Linzi, the football origin. Inscription by FIFA Secretary-General Uus Linz: Because my name is Linz, I am even more proud that football originated in Linz, and thank China for creating football for the world!

The Development of Cuju in China

Cuju was a means of training soldiers in Han Dynasty, and a relatively complete system was established. If the palace is specially set up, it is defined as a rectangle in the east-west direction, with six symmetrical "bow areas" at each end, also known as "bow rooms", each guarded by one person. There is a fence around the construction site. The game is divided into two teams, each with its own offense and defense, and the outcome is determined by the number of kicks into the opponent's bow room.

After the initial popularity in the Han Dynasty, cuju activities reached a climax in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and even the kicking method according to the position on the field appeared. Cuju has taken many forms in the Tang Dynasty, such as "bowing" based on the number of times of heading the ball, "beating in vain" in the center of the court, "jumping the bow" in which many people participate in fighting, and the game of setting up the goal. In this way, each team has a certain number of people and a fixed position, and it is stipulated that players can only play in their own positions and cannot move. At the same time, cuju and Buddhism spread to Japan, and the usage of calling football "cuju" can still be seen in Japanese and Korean, which is influenced by China. [ 1]

The Old Story of Wulin in the Southern Song Dynasty once listed the names and positions of the two teams in the "Thirty-two-player Ball Building" competition: "Sixteen people in Zuo Jun: Zhang Jun, Wang Lian, Zhu Xuan, Shi Ze, Ding Quan, Zhang Lin and Chun Hu. ; Sixteen members of the right army: Li Zheng, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Xuan, Zhang Ning, Bin Xu, Wang Yong and Jun Chen. This is considered to be the first football "starting list" in history.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Cuju experienced a process of development to a climax, but in the Qing Dynasty, this activity declined. It is said that before the Middle Ages, the Greeks and Romans began to play football. On a rectangular court, they put the ball on the white line in the middle and kicked it to the other court with their feet. At that time, they called this game "Baja Storm".